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Working time Britain's EU ties UK justice opt-out

The working time directive: What's the fuss about?
Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 26 April 2013
Do Britain's European ties damage its prosperity?
Essay by Philip Whyte, 22 March 2013
Britain's 2014 justice opt-out: Why it bodes ill for Cameron's EU strategy
Essay by Hugo Brady, 23 January 2013

A dose of inflation would help the eurozone medicine go down

Insight by Simon Tilford
16 May 2013

Eurozone policy-makers are complacent about the risks of low inflation. If the euro is to survive, inflation will need to rise significantly, especially in Germany.
Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS

Insight by Stephen Tindale
09 May 2013

The EU should set an ETS price floor, to attract investment to low-carbon options. The Commission should propose this without further delay.
EU energy: Decarbonisation and economic competitiveness

Briefing note by Stephen Tindale
07 May 2013

Energy is central to climate change mitigation. Over three quarters of the EU-27’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the production and use of energy. Energy is also central to the economy, fuelling industry and providing substantial employment.
Saving emissions trading from irrelevance

Report by Stephen Tindale
02 May 2013

Uncontrolled climate change is the greatest risk that humanity faces. The main burden will fall on developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Europe's trade strategy: Promise or peril?

Report by Richard Youngs, John Springford
02 May 2013

Europe's growth strategy is based on a larger trade surplus with the rest of the world, to make up for slow domestic growth, as consumers are weighed down by debt.
NATO and the costs of star wars

Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell
01 May 2013

Europeans should convince the US to scale back its missile defences ambitions. American defences do not work. They are also creating unnecessary tensions with Russia.
The working time directive: What's the fuss about?

Policy brief by Katinka Barysch
26 April 2013

The working time directive has had limited impact on British business. It has caused trouble in hospitals partly because the NHS relies so heavily on junior doctors.
European austerity: Turn or TINA?

Insight by Simon Tilford
25 April 2013

Despite the overwhelming weight of evidence, both empirical and theoretical, many policy-makers will continue to trot out Margaret Thatcher's favourite line: there is no alternative.

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Issue 89 April/May 2013

It's the politics, stupid!
by Simon Tilford

Central and East European migrants are a boon for Britain
by John Springford

Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
by Rem Korteweg

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A dose of inflation would help the eurozone medicine go down

By Simon Tilford

Eurozone policy-makers are complacent about the risks of low inflation. If the euro is to survive, inflation will need to rise significantly, especially in Germany.

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